This paper discusses how to manage students with behavior problems, noting the sharp difference between discipline problems of the 1940's and discipline problems of today (e.g., assault, murder, burglary, arson, and gang warfare). Some teachers are more effective than others in dealing with troubled students. Teachers' personal characteristics and…

This book applies the latest in brain research and learning theory to classroom management. The concepts of psychoneurophysiology are made readily accessible. The book offers creative data gathering activities to help students manage their own behavior and to help teachers learn how their own behavior impacts the classroom environment. The seven…

This paper reports on the National Study of Delinquency Prevention in Schools, the first national study of problem behavior containing information from multiple sources -- principals, teachers, and students. Nationwide, 7% of schools or an estimated 6,451 schools reported to law enforcement personnel at least one incident of physical attack or…

Recently drinking-related deaths on college campuses have received wide media attention, prompting administrators to explore new ways of dealing with this problem. This study, conducted at Manhattan College (New York), focuses on exploring student perceptions about appropriate drinking behavior. Information was collected from a sample population…

This paper examines teachers' reactions to Graduation 2010, a district-wide public school program in Daviess County, Kentucky, that began with brain-based research and involvement from both school and community. The program proposed educational initiatives in eight areas: the arts, music, foreign language, thinking skills, family involvement,…

This 22-minute videotape describes how school grounds can be transformed into an educational and social development resource that can enrich the lives of students. It discusses design techniques that break up the school grounds into a variety of places and scale them to size to give students options on where to spend their time and what to do. How…

An action research project developed and implemented a program to improve student social skills. The targeted population consisted of students in fourth grade, sixth grade, and special education classrooms (n=46) in three different school districts. Income levels varied among school districts. Targeted behaviors included fighting, defiance, being…

The Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) was developed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to measure the major health risk behaviors performed by youth. These health risk behaviors include: behaviors that contribute to intentional and unintentional injuries; the use of tobacco, alcohol, and other drugs; sexual behaviors that contribute…

Teachers appear to decide whether or not to promote girls partly on the basis of their behavior and not just on their achievement. Study compared boys and girls and their respective behaviors in the classroom as they influenced teachers to promote or retain them. (Author/RK)

An experimental program was developed for children in order to assess their self concept, anxiety, and relative degree of self-responsibility for school successes and failures. (Author/RK)

Asserts that courts are today handing down decisions in matters they would previously have avoided. Warns that board sovereignty and rights of local control will be protected by the courts, but only if the boards act fairly and reasonably. The author presents five court cases and invites readers to determine whether their decisions would have been…

The present paper examined some of the major variables already known to be associated with the phenomena of early withdrawal from school to see what extent these data confirm those of other investigators. (Author/RK)

A discussion of student-generated hierarchies developed for a mathematics objective by several small groups and validated on a second group. About 40 percent of the student-generated hierarchies were validated indicating that student input can be obtained to produce useful learning hierarchies. (Author)

The purpose of this paper is to discuss principles of behavior and interaction that teachers can use in formulating intervention approaches with their pupils. (Author)